. In 1933 the Nazis began to coordinate the 28 seperate churches in the evangelical church into a single centalised reich church

. Muller, a nazi, was appointed reich bishop and took over the administrative headquarters of the evangelical church with the help of a squad of stormtroopers

. in november 1933 the German Christians celebrated their triumph in taking over the reich Church by holding a mass rally where they demanded that any pastors who had not declared their allegiance to the new regime be dismissed along with all non-aryans

. By the end of 1933 the Reich Church had successfully been coordinated into the volksgemeinshcaft

THE CONFESSIONAL CHURCH

. In September 1933 Neimoller and Bonhoeffer set up a Pastor's emergency league

. With the support of about 5,000 pastor, the new church was established to resist state interference in the church and to re-establish a theology based solely on the bible